Name: Ubi Caritas (by Ola Gjeilo) by Leslie Tolson
Duration: 5 min 37 s
Description: Pieces that are close to Leslie's heart - arranged for 3 or 4 part choir and ethereal piano for soothing and calming.

A piece by the beloved Roberta Flack; transformed with love and passionate ideation into a vibe check.

Solo One

Killing Me Softly - Single SOLO

Performed by Tallgrass Chamber Choir (Jacob Narverud, cond.)

The original version of "Agnus Dei", called "Agnus Dei: Phoenix", was written for the Phoenix Chorale in 2010. After a few years, the piece had evolved into something more condensed and introspective that felt like the essence of the piece, bookended by the peaceful opening theme. That turned into this final edition, which is simply named "Agnus Dei" to help differentiate it from the original.

Tallgrass Chamber Choir: AGNUS DEI

New work of mine for choir, oboe and piano, the 2nd part of a commission from Singapore's ACJC Alumni Choir (first part was "Lux Beata Trinitas", which you'll also find on my SoundCloud profile).

ACJC Alumni Choir: IAM SOL RECEDIT

Pieces that are close to Leslie's heart - arranged for 3 or 4 part choir and ethereal piano for soothing and calming.

Leslie Tolson - Solos

Ubi Caritas (by Ola Gjeilo)

Cities. We've been here, you had personified your memories into items or dreams. I have done it into Music. This is what I feel. Take it or leave it :)

MMXXIV

New York City

Our debut album is out now! Download / stream ‘Caught In Still Life’ here - https://lnk.to/VCISLife

We’re going on tour next February 2017, dates below and tickets here - http://www.seetickets.com/artist/vaults/858695

03/02 - The Haunt, Brighton
05/02 - King Tuts, Glasgow
06/02 - Deaf Institute, Manchester
07/02 - Fleece, Bristol
09/02 - Islington Assembly Hall, London

Download Midnight River...

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Midnight River

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Surrender - Snorri Hallgrímsson

New SATB version performed by Kantorei (Joel Rinsema, cond.)

The lyrics for Tundra were written by my frequent collaborator, poet Charles Anthony Silvestri. I asked Tony to write a text based on the title and photos of a part of my native Norway that is very dear to me, the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. It’s pretty close to where my father grew up, in the mountains between Oslo and Bergen. Hardangervidda is quite barren and intensely beautiful—it is easy to feel that you are treading on sacred land, which Tony describes so evocatively in his text:

Wide, worn and weathered, 
Sacred expanse
Of green and white and granite grey; 
Snowy patches strewn, 
Anchored to the craggy earth, 
Unmoving;
While clouds dance
Across the vast, eternal sky.

Kantorei Denver: TUNDRA

Here's a new work of mine, commissioned and recorded by Singapore's ACJC Alumni Choir.

ACJC Alumni Choir: LUX BEATA TRINITAS

Understanding. Appreciation. Ideation.

As a music professional based in Singapore, Leslie is always looking for opportunities to develop their technical skills and to collaborate with creative people. He has done his studies in Piano, Composition and Conducting, and now lectures on History Theory and Criticism; directs and adjudicates a few choirs around the world. Leslie deeply and anchors on his philosophy on Understanding, Appreciation and Ideation when it comes to any form of work within the field of any genre and work

Ubi Caritas (by Ola Gjeilo)

Leslie Tolson

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